Tyne Cot Cemetery is the resting place of 11,954 soldiers of the Commonwealth Forces. This is the largest number of burials contained in any Commonwealth cemetery of either the First or Second World War. It is the largest Commonwealth military cemetery in the world. The dates of death of the soldiers buried at Tyne Cot cemetery cover a period of four years, from October 1914 to September 1918 inclusive. The wall of the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing at the eastern end of the cemetery (right of picture), bears the names of over 34,000 soldiers missing in the Ypres Salient.